| Name | CVE-2020-16248 |
| Description | Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be interpreted as both intended functionality and also a vulnerability |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| prometheus-blackbox-exporter (PTS) | buster | 0.13.0+ds-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.18.0+ds-3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.23.0-4 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.24.0-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3
Upstream of the project did disputed the CVE. Upstream position is
that the refererred behaviour is intended functionality.